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The Brain-Ovary Connection: What the HPA and HPG Axis Reveal About Women's Hormones and Fertility.
The Brain-Ovary Connection: What the HPA and HPG Axis Reveal About Women's Hormones and Fertility
Most women are taught to think of their menstrual cycle as something that happens "down there" — a monthly event run entirely by the ovaries and uterus. But the truth is far more fascinating: your cycle is really a conversation that starts in your brain.
Understanding Sensory Challenges: Why the Nervous System Matters
Sensory Processing Disorder goes by a few different names — Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Neurosensory Dysfunction, and others. Whatever label is used (or not used at all), the underlying question for families is usually the same: why is my child struggling to process the world around them, and what can help?
Fight or Flight vs. Rest and Digest — What Your Body Is Really Doing (And Why It Matters)
Your Nervous System Has Two Modes Fight or Flight — Your Body's Survival System Chronic Sympathetic Activation — When the Accelerator Gets Stuck Rest and Digest —
Why the Balance Matters for Families.
An In-depth look at ADHD.
ADHD is the most common neurodevelopmental condition diagnosed in Australian children, affecting an estimated 6–10% of children and adolescents — or roughly one in every thirteen kids. That's more than two children in the average classroom. In adults, prevalence is estimated between 2–6% of the population, with many going undiagnosed well into adulthood.
Your nervous system has three settings — here's why that changes everything
In simple terms, polyvagal theory describes how your nervous system constantly scans your environment for safety or danger — and shifts between three distinct states in response. This process happens automatically, beneath your conscious awareness. Your body is always asking one question: Am I safe?
Everything you need to know about Seasonal Allergies.
Like many Australian families, they were dealing with what we commonly call seasonal allergies, or hay fever.
And in Australia, it’s far more common than most people realise.
POTS, Dysautonomia & the Nervous System: Could Your Body Be Stuck in Survival Mode?
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a condition involving the autonomic nervous system—the part of the nervous system responsible for regulating automatic functions in the body.
Supporting Energy & Reducing Burnout in Parents.
If you’re a parent, you likely know the feeling—waking up tired, relying on coffee to get through the day, and still feeling completely drained by the evening.
For many parents, this kind of exhaustion becomes the norm. Even with a full night’s sleep, healthy food, and all the “right” habits, energy can still feel low and inconsistent.
Supporting Sensory Challenges in Kids
At Lume Chiropractic, we often meet families navigating the ups and downs of sensory challenges with their children. For some, it looks like big reactions to loud noises or clothing textures. For others, it’s difficulty sitting still, focusing, or feeling settled in their body.
Natural Approaches to Supporting Ear Health in Children
Frequent ear infections can be challenging for families. Many parents are looking for ways to support their children’s ear health naturally, alongside conventional medical care. There are approaches that focus on supporting the body’s natural function, particularly the nervous system, which plays a role in regulating drainage, inflammation, and immune responses.
Constipation and the link to The Nervous System
Is Your Child’s Constipation Really a Gut Problem… or a Nervous System One?
Understanding Ear Infections in Children
One reason ear infections are more common in children relates to the anatomy of the Eustachian tubes. These small passageways connect the middle ear to the back of the throat and help regulate pressure and drain fluid from the ear.
The Body is Clever
Our body does amazing things without us even knowing, to find out what some of those things are keep reading...
Chiropractic for Children
Chiropractic for children may be the safest, most effective thing you had never thought of for your child’s health..
Chiropractic in the World: Animal Chiropractic
Horses are some of the most gorgeous, amazing, and delicate animals, and we need to take care of them..
How Chiropractic Helps Children
The body we have is built from the body we had seven years ago, that's why it is so important we treat our best we can, from an early age
How Subluxation affects Heart Rate in Children
This study shows that mechanical irritation to the upper neck, which is very common, will affect our nervous systems and could potentially affect our heart rate.
Primitive & Retained Reflexes
Primitive Reflexes play a major role in this transformation of how our brains will develop. From the instant of our birth, our brains embark on a journey of growth and transformation, these reflexes a major to brain development…
How Chiropractic Helps you Sleep Better
Do you struggle to fall asleep at night? Or wake up feeling unrefreshed? Here is how chiropractic can help that…
Here is to Better Digestion
Here is to better digestion dives into how to improve digestion, and the effect a healthy spine has on your digestion. Keep reading here